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Package: extract (0.5.23+dfsg-3)

displays meta-data from files of arbitrary type

Similar to the well-known "file" command, extract can display meta-data from a file and print the results to stdout.

Currently, libextractor supports the following formats: HTML, PDF, PS, OLE2 (DOC, XLS, PPT), OpenOffice (sxw), StarOffice (sdw), DVI, MAN, MP3 (ID3v1 and ID3v2), OGG, WAV, EXIV2, JPEG, GIF, PNG, TIFF, DEB, RPM, TAR(.GZ), ZIP, ELF, REAL, RIFF (AVI), MPEG, QT and ASF.

Also, various additional MIME types are detected. It can also be used to compute hash functions (SHA-1, MD5, ripemd160).

Tags: User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Scanning, Works with: Files

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  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.10) [hppa]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.3) [amd64, i386, mips, mipsel]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [armel, powerpc, s390]
    dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3) [ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libextractor-plugins (= 0.5.23+dfsg-3)
    extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (plugins)
  • dep: libextractor1c2a
    extracts meta-data from files of arbitrary type (library)

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
amd64 84.2 kB316 kB [list of files]
armel 84.9 kB312 kB [list of files]
hppa 82.0 kB312 kB [list of files]
i386 84.4 kB312 kB [list of files]
ia64 86.4 kB324 kB [list of files]
mips 83.3 kB316 kB [list of files]
mipsel 83.2 kB316 kB [list of files]
powerpc 86.0 kB320 kB [list of files]
s390 83.6 kB312 kB [list of files]
sparc 83.6 kB312 kB [list of files]